Renascence (M.K)

三十四

The pretentious Yui stiffened when her own eyes met the combusting glares of Y/N. She felt the sudden ceasing of her breath as she thoroughly lingers her eyes onto the defying ones of the Mizuno lady. When Y/n made another forward pace, it immediately rendered Yui to make an instant step backwards. The quick sprouting of fear began to flow through her veins as she uncertainly lifted up her chin higher, forcing for authority.

The group of interfering Maikos slink to the side of their self-proclaimed leader Yui, whilst the trepidation in their hearts thumped insanely out of their chest.

"L-Lady Yui, l-let's leave.. We mustn't be here in the first place." The short sandy haired female maiko who seemed to be in a juvenile age of fourteen uneasily stood to her right. She spared an anxious glance to the translucent papers on the closed shoji doors, fearing to suddenly discern the shadow figure of their rigorous okiya mistress, wearing a foul scorn on her face. She greatly wished not to see the elder woman, barging herself inside Y/N's chamber with a long wooden stick on her harsh hands.

"Quit your bleating Nobu! Why don't you help me guard the door and make sure we will not all get caught." The another maiko who is quite a loyal supporter of Yui - clad in plain cream kimono - whizzed the words out of her mouth. Her slit eyes flashes with annoyance towards the nervous Nobu as her both brows met together in demeanor.

"Make yourself useful you pushover!" The second insulting remark was fired by her bloke eventually made the restless Nobu shrink back involuntarily away against the angry eyes that were flicked at her. Conquered by perplexity, Nobu followed the order with reluctance as she slid a last sympathetic gaze to the completely drench, Y/n who was also helplessly surrounded by Yui and her spiteful friends.

Nobu retreated to the corner of the door and did not say another word. She retain and moved herself out from the forthcoming cruel scheme Yui have prepared for Y/N. She was afraid that if she resume to meddle in, the arrogant geisha will take it against her, joining herself in danger as well.

Nobu can feel the overwhelming despair for Y/N, seeing that a new apprentice like her who seemed to be more inexperienced than her was being bullied by the senior geisha.

"Hold her." Yui suddenly ordered with an expression of her face shrouded with malice. The two remaining maiko's concur in an instant and stifled Y/n by holding the either side of her arms.

'Fight back Y/N!' Nobu cried out the words through her mind as she lock her surprised eyes to the immobile newbie who didn't even dared moving a muscle to fight back for her life, but what Nobu have only descry was those cold e/c eyes of Y/N igniting silent rage towards Yui's countenance.

'If only I can do something to stop Yui.' Nobu mentally fret, battling with the conscience in her mind as she clenched her both hands in disappointment . She firmly closed her eyes after she saw Yui have already pulled out a dagger from her sleeves then slowly draw it near Y/N's face.

'No, stop it! I need to call the mistress!' Cold sweat rolls down from the temples of Nobu as she fearfully look at Yui and then back to the closed shoji door. Gathering all her quavering vigor, She withdrew herself out of the chamber and ran straight to the office of the elder mistress.

Meanwhile, Yui's mood was still set in awful bitterness when she was abruptly reminded of Y/N's hand, sharply slapping her cheek in the middle of the Yoshiwara's thoroughfare where she have embarrassingly lose her face to the assembling crowd in a short time.

Perceiving that she have all the record of time in her hands to torment Y/N and revenge ten fold than what she was previously experienced, Yui eventually felt her malignant plot sent waves of ecstasy, pushing power over her. Her reputation will be redeemed in exchange of Y/N's distress.